“Suburbanization as Privatization: Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of Unrest in Ferguson”

Part of the Fall 2024 Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series.

Speaker: Todd Swanstrom, the Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

Professor Swanstrom is a specialist in urban politics and public policy. He has published numerous books, including “The Changing American Neighborhood: The Meaning of Place in the Twenty First Century,” “Justice and the American Metropolis” and “The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism.”

The speaker series is organized and moderated by Professor Alba Alexander and and sponsored by the UIC Department of Political Science.